California Governor Signs Bill To Require Insurers To Update Provider Directories

The Los Angeles Daily News  (10/11) reported that a California bill requiring health insurers “to update their provider directories with accurate information has been signed by Gov. Jerry Brown and will take effect in July.” The bill, introduced by state Sen. Ed Hernandez (D), “was proposed in response to numerous complaints by California residents who enrolled into health plans through Covered California beginning in October 2013 only to find inaccurate provider directories, no doctors in the networks chosen and other mistakes.”